Learning 2 Network & Networking 2 Learn

Social Networking

21st Century Communication

Social Networking in Plain English

• Facebook (DEN Facebook Group)
• LinkedIn (DEN LinkedIn Group)
• Ning- here are some educational Ning networks to get you started (Thanks Jen Dorman!)
• Tapped-In
• Comprehensive listing of social networks in education

LinkedIn Explained

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Microblogging

**Are You a Tweeter?**

Twitter? Is that thing still around?

• Twitter
• Plurk
• Tumblr
• FriendFeed
• ZKout
• Kwippy
• Pownce
• Jott

Maximize your Twitter experience

• Your Twitter Karma
• Who Should I Follow?
• Twitter Search (formerly known as Summize )
• Pipes
• DEN STARs on Twitter (click here to add yourself to this list) - Thanks to Lee Kolbert!
• Ping.fm (post to all your microblogs, blogs, Facebook, etc. at one time with one application) - check Ping.fm's Twitter page for the daily beta code
• TweetStats
• Twemes and Twittervision
• Plurk Lurker (basic Plurk search engine)
• Twhirl

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Social Bookmarking

What is Social Bookmarking?

• Diigo (DEN Diigo Group - Discovery Educator Network Photostream)
• Del.icio.us (FavThumbs- visualize your del.icio.us bookmarks)
• Furl
• Blinklist
• Stumbleupon
• Digg
• Clipmarks

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Online Photo Sharing

Photosharing in Plain English

• Flickr (DEN LC Institute Flickr Group)
• Picasa
• Shutterfly
• Snapfish
• Adobe Photoshop Express

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RSS Aggregators

The 411 on RSS

• Netvibes
• Pageflakes
• Bloglines
• Google Reader
• Grazr

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Wikis, Blogs & Podcasts

Wikis in Plain English

Blogs Explained

Podcasting 101

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Publishing & Streaming

• SlideShare (presentation sharing / slidecasting)
• Slideroll (presentation / media sharing)
• Vimeo (presentation / media sharing)
• SlideRocket (presentation / media sharing)
• YouTube (video hosting, networks, groups)
• VodPod (video aggregating/sharing)
• UStream (live and archiveed streaming video channel)
• TeacherTube (video hosting, networks, groups)
• SplashCast (media channel)
• Omnisio (presentation / media sharing)
• Shelfari (DEN Shelfari Group) (shared reading lists and affinity groups)
• Delicious Library (Library Monster) (shared reading lists)
• LibraryThing (shared reading lists)
• Books I Am Reading (shared reading lists)
• Good Reads (shared reading lists)
• Scribd (text publishing)
• Wikispaces (wiki)
• PB Wiki (wiki)
• WetPaint (wiki)
• Google Docs (productivity suite - documents, spreadsheets, data forms, presentations)
• Zoho (productivity suite - documents, spreadsheets, data forms, presentations)
• JotForm (create online forms to collect data and populate spreadsheets)
• Box.net (file sharing and publishing)
• Bubbl.us (graphic organizers and flow charts)

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Video Resources

Video Gallery powered by Vodpod

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Charging Your Networking Batteries

Here are a few simple suggestions for expanding your PLN:

• Join a Professional Group associated with your teaching specialty
  • ex. NSTA, NCHE
• Gather information that interests you by using one of the RSS feeds listed above
  • ex. Google Reader
• Subscribe to a Professional Journal, or, better yet, offer to write an article for them!
  • ex. Edutopia, NEA, NJEA
• Find an Educational Blog you like, read it & COMMENT regularly! Two great places to find out about blogging in education are:
  • Supportblogging.com
  • Edubloggerdir.blogspot.com
• Learn more about Professional Learning Communities
  • Allthingsplc.info
• Join one of the Online Book Clubs described above
  • ex. Shelfari.com
• Join one of the Social Bookmarking groups discussed above
  • ex. Diigo
• Join Twitter- it's a Personal Learning Network in your pocket!
  • Twitter.com
• Join an Online Educator Network
  • ex. Discovery Educator Network